haunting the restaurants and bars of portland, this christ—like spectre will stop at nothing to find his pig. he'sjoined in his search by alex wolf's truffle dealer, who lives in the shadow of his rich father. pig is billed as a thriller, but i think that's a misleading label. while there's some suspense, this is a gently paced story about the bond between human and animal, and the extraordinary power of sensory memories. like our hero, the script has little time for the pretensions of high—concept dining, but it has a great respect for the art of cooking. you can almost smell the truffles coming off the screen. and cage is tremendous — his dejected but proud figure consumed with the sadness that becomes infectious. pig really sneaks up on you emotionally. this delicate, delicious debut from michael sarnoski

just opened at the edinburgh international film festival and is in cinemas now. you can consume it on digital from the 23rd of august. phone rings. who is this? static. owen? is that... i can't hear you. look out of the window. next up, a psychological horror, the night house. rebecca hall stars as beth, a teacher who is reeling from the sudden death of her husband, owen. she's left alone in the lakeside home that they shared, having vivid nightmares about a ghostly presence.

rummaging around in owen's belongings, she finds sketches that tell a very strange story and tries to investigate while navigating her grief. there are plenty of effective scares in this film from director david bruckner, who helmed the rural horror, the ritual. figures flicker and loom in the shadows, and sudden sounds will have you jumping out of your seat. but the script also explores beth's internal affairs. beth's internal fears. she is terrified to discover that she may not have known her husband as well as she thought. and she's also scared of her own mind. it's a potent combination, and it requires an excellent actress to pull it off. luckily, rebecca hall is exactly that. i've loved her in everything from ben affleck�*s the town to angela robinson's professor marsden and the wonder women. she even brought a touch of class to godzilla versus kong. as beth, she's mesmerising, darting between denial, confusion and gallows humour —

something that makes her colleagues visibly uncomfortable. after a terrific first two acts, the conclusion of the night house is convoluted and slightly disappointing. but i would still absolutely recommend this to horror fans who think that complex characters and psychological puzzles are just as important as bumps in the night. owen? it's in cinemas now. if you fancy a double bill of complex horrors,

then there's a fascinating new british chiller called censor. set amid the moral panic around so—called "video nasties" in the 1980s, it stars niamh algar as enid, who works as a film sensor. who works as a film censor. enid spends her working day watching graphic films to classify them for release. quiet and hard—working, enid's tragic past comes back to haunt her when one film reminds her of her missing sister. our mild—mannered heroine begins to unravel and move from the safety of the screening room into the seedy world of low—budget horrors. censor is a film of shocking twists and turns. so i won't to divulge much more of the plot. but i will say that it proves niamh algar to be a very versatile performer and barely recognisable from her other recent roles in raised by wolves. there's also a darkly funny turn from michael smiley,

who is so great at being humorously sinister. who's this? this is enid bayne, she is one of our sensors. censor announces director and co—writer prano bailey—bond as a major talent who plays with intriguing ideas of visual flair. this story explores mental health and memory as well as politics, the media and power systems. there's a lot to chew on, and while this one's ending might also have you scratching your head, it's definitely a conversation starter. censor is in cinemas now. i need everyone's attention! hey, do you mind? i am trying to get my kids to sleep in here. oh, no! now i'm up all night. thanks. if you are after something a bit more cuddly you can watch at home at the kids,

why not try the animated comedy extinct? basically, the story of time travelling talking doughnuts, extinct is bill and ted meets the secret life of pets with a dash of horrible histories. starting in 1835 in the galapagos islands, it introduces a species of animals called flummels. they're furry and round, with a hole in the middle. two of their number, siblings 0p and ed, end up plummeting through a mysterious time portal into future. discovering that flummels are now extinct, they hop through time and try to save their species. while extinct even features charles darwin... you get everyone to the beach, we'll meet you down there after we get the darwin guy's attention with the sky flowers. s ky flowers ? ..i wouldn't come here for insight into actual natural history or indeed quantum physics, but it's a witty, cute watch with a boundless supply of sight gags and characters who are amusingly slow off the mark — something that's usually a winner with kids. it's just landed on sky cinema and now. you're going on a journey, a journey through memory.

all you have to do is follow my voice. i'm a fan of the tv series westworld, so i've been looking forward to reminiscence, a film written and directed by its co—creator, lisa joy. the dystopian sci—fi stars huthackman as nick, a detective living in a post—apocalyptic miami. along with his co—worker, played by thandiwe newton, he helps clients recover their memories, whether they want to recall a loved one or just find their keys. that's actually how nick meets may, by played by rebecca ferguson, a glamourous singer who disappears out of nick's life as quickly as she appeared. nick's search for her takes him in a dangerous and emotionaljourney. this has a great cast, and there are some fun ideas for fans of time—twisting tales, but sadly, the film just doesn't come together. both the dialogue and narration feel mannered and unoriginal. and while this eventually

subverts some well—worn cliches, it does so very late in the day, so for most of the film they feel like exactly that — cliches. and by inviting you to recall everything from westworld to blade runner, reminiscence comes up very short in comparison. all you have to do is follow my voice. it's in cinemas now. we'd like to formally welcome you to japan. 0k, are you saying the same thing he said or is that to...? 0k, first of all, we would like to... to him, yeah? yes. ..formally accept your invitation to your country and show you a little bit of what we have to offer. she speaks japanese. they sing and rap.

finally, a much—loved tv mockumentary comes to the big screen in peoplejust do nothing: big injapan. do you want to run through security at the exact same time? i'd love nothing more. three, two, one... the series peoplejust do nothing catalogued the struggles of a fictional pirate radio station called kuru pt fm. openly influenced by the office, mc grindah and his hapless crew put the brent in brentwood with hilarious results. the cinematic debut uses a similar formula with a fish out of water scenario. discovering that their track has been used on a japanese game show, the boys fly to tokyo where they're thrown into the clutches of a smooth manager played by ken yamamura. meanwhile, their self—appointed manager chabuddy, played by asim chaudhry, gets into a series of disastrous mishaps.

the culture clash comedy is fitfully amusing and will probably date quite quickly, but as ever this draws a steady stream of laughs from the sheer stupidity of its lovable characters from delusional, self—aggrandizing grindah played by allan mustafa, to stoner steves, played by steve stamp. after watching these fellows many times from this very sofa, ifound it a real treat to laugh along with the crowd in the cinema, where it's showing now. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. i will be back next week. in the meantime, stay safe. ragga rap. translate for them ? i'm not sure i can. hello there. most of us can expect to see some rain at times this weekend, some will be quite heavy.

saturday looks to be the wettest day, spells of heavy rain and the odd thunderstorm. sunday should be brighter with some sunshine, but still one or two showers. you can see a stripe of cloud working in from the west. this is a weather front that is going to continue to bring outbreaks of rain. instead of clearing through quickly, this front will stick with us all day on saturday, because there is a wave running along it which will hold the front back and stop it from clearing away quickly. western areas that start soggy, a bit drier further east, but mainly cloudy. the wet weather will stagger eastwards through the day with heavy thundery bursts mixing in. as things brighten for the south west, wales, northern scotland, we will still see scattered showers and thunderstorms popping up. quite breezy in wales and the south—west, lighter winds elsewhere, temperatures disappointing, 17—21 degrees. through saturday night, the rain continues to stagger

eastwards, but it tends to fizzle away, turning more light and patchy, many places start sunday dry. with a lot of cloud and some mistand murk, a mild and muggy night, 13—15 degrees. sunday starts with low pressure to the east, high pressure beginning to build in from the south—west. a bit drier on sunday, quite a lot of cloud but it should break to give some spells of sunshine. some showers, though, especially across scotland. likely to stay grey and damp across the northern isles. temperatures still struggling, up to maybe 21 or 22 in the sunniest spots. next week, the area of high pressure establishes itself more strongly. if you are looking for drier and brighter weather, the start of next week looks promising.

we will see good spells of sunshine. mostly dry. but no heatwave on the way. temperatures in the low—to—mid 20s. in the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant.

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